About This Book

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for Users

Printer Terminology

Starting a Print Job (qprt Command)

Canceling a Print Job (qcan Command)

Prioritizing a Print Job (qpri Command)

Moving a Print Job to Another Print Queue (qmov Command)

Holding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)

Checking Print Job Status (qchk Command)

Formatting Files for Printing (pr Command)

Printing ASCII Files on a PostScript Printer

Command Summary for Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for System Administrators

Spooler Overview

Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming

Troubleshooting the Base Operating System Spooler

System V Printer Configuration

Appendix A. Calculating Page Length Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences

Appendix B. Calculating Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences

Appendix C. Notices

Index